Basic Instinct (Unrated Director's Cut) (Blu Ray) (1992) DVD

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Basic Instinct (Unrated Director's Cut) (Blu Ray) (1992)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone Director: Paul Verhoeven Rating: UNRATED




		This Title originates from North America


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Storyline:

A detective investigating a series of vicious sex murders encounters a seductive woman who seems too obvious as a suspect perhaps by her own choice?

This steamy thriller to end all steamy thrillers stars Michael Douglas as Nick, a boozy San Francisco police detective who finds himself drawn to the prime suspect in a murder case--manipulative, sexually uninhibited novelist Catherine Trammell (Sharon Stone). Catherine's latest book features a murder uncannily similar to the one Nick is investigating, and as the pair engage in a mating dance of dangerous one-upmanship, more murders occur, all described in her current work, about a boozy cop in love with a killer. Nick's psychiatrist (Jeanne Tripplehorn), and cop partner (George Dzundza) are both worried about him, and Catherine’s jealous lesbian lover (Leilani Sarelle) may be trying to kill him, but Nick is just too turned on to care.

Director Paul Verhoeven shows an admirable lack of restraint in this ludicrously enjoyable thriller, a sort of postmodern noir with Joe Eszterhas’s script coming off like Mamet by way of Penthouse. Stone and Douglas exhibit fine chemistry (and most of their bodies), and there's some lovely Bay Area scenery courtesy of cinematographer Jan de Bont (who went on to direct films such as SPEED and TWISTER). Wayne Knight (Newman from SEINFELD) and Mitch Pileggi (Skinner from THE X-FILES) are precinct heads who question Catherine in the infamous leg-crossing scene.

Plays in REGION A

Cast & Crew:

Starring: Michael Douglas | Sharon Stone | George Dzundza | Jeanne Tripplehorn | Denis Arndt | Leilani Sarelle | Bruce A. Young | Chelcie Ross | ...more

Directed By: Paul Verhoeven

Basic Instinct series

• Basic Instinct (Unrated Director's Cut) DVD ~ Michael Douglas
• Basic Instinct 2 (Blu Ray) DVD ~ Sharon Stone
• Basic Instinct (Ultimate Edition) DVD ~ Michael Douglas
• Basic Instinct 2 (Fullscreen) DVD ~
• Basic Instinct 2 (Widescreen) (Unrated) DVD ~ Sharon Stone

Technical Information:

Genre: Drama, Thriller/Suspense

DVD Release Date: May 29, 2007

Format: Region 1

Rating: UNRATED

Year: 1992

Regional Coding: This Title originates from North America

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitles: English

Screen Ratio: Anamorphic (16:9), Widescreen Edition - 2.35:1 (1080p)

Sound System: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
English (Dolby Digital Plus 5.1)

Running Time: 129 minutes

Studio: Universal

UPC/Barcode Number: 012236191599

Closed-Captioned: Yes

Color: Yes

DVD Features:

Commentary by director Paul Verhoeven and director of photography Jan De Bont
"Blonde Poison" - Documentary On the Making of Basic Instinct
"Cleaning Up Basic Instinct" a Montage Comparing the TV Version to the Theatrical Version
Commentary with Feminist Critic Camille Paglia
Photo Gallery
Storyboard Comparisons
Includes Scenes Director Was Forced To Cut
Scene Access
Interactive Menus